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**Please match the documentation and scripts to the version of rofi used**
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- [next version](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi)
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- [1.7.5](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.5)
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- [1.7.4](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.4)
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- [1.7.3](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.3)
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- [1.7.2](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.2)
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- [1.7.1](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.1)
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- [1.7.0](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/1.7.0)
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Also see the locally installed documentation (manpages).
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<h1 align="center"> Rofi </h1>
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<p align="center"><i>A window switcher, Application launcher and dmenu replacement</i>.</p>
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https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/84911063/139428874-fe182dd6-82c6-49b8-8da1-920ddda3d1ed.mp4
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**Rofi** started as a clone of simpleswitcher, written by [Sean
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Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher) - a popup window
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switcher roughly based on
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[superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/). Simpleswitcher laid
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the foundations, and therefore Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for
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this tool. **Rofi** (renamed, as it lost the *simple* property) has been
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extended with extra features, like an application launcher and ssh-launcher,
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and can act as a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool.
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**Rofi**, like dmenu, will provide the user with a textual list of options
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where one or more can be selected.
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This can either be running an application, selecting a window, or options
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provided by an external script.
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### What is rofi not?
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Rofi is not:
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- A UI toolkit.
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- A library to be used in other applications.
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- An application that can support every possible use-case. It tries to be
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generic enough to be usable by everybody.
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- Specific functionality can be added using scripts or plugins, many exists.
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- Just a dmenu replacement. The dmenu functionality is a nice 'extra' to
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**rofi**, not its main purpose.
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## Table of Contents
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- [Features](#features)
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- [Modes](#modes)
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- [Manpages](#manpage)
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- [Installation](#installation)
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- [Quickstart](#quickstart)
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- [Usage](#usage)
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- [Configuration](#configuration)
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- [Themes](#themes)
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- [Screenshots](#screenshots)
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- [Wiki](#wiki)
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- [Discussion places](#discussion-places)
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## Features
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Its main features are:
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- Fully configurable keyboard navigation
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- Type to filter
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- Tokenized: type any word in any order to filter
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- Case insensitive (togglable)
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- Support for fuzzy-, regex-, prefix-, and glob-matching
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- UTF-8 enabled
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- UTF-8-aware string collating
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- International keyboard support (\`e -> è)
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- RTL language support
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- Cairo drawing and Pango font rendering
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- Built-in modes:
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- Window switcher mode
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- EWMH compatible WM
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- Work arounds for i3,bspwm
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- Application launcher
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- Desktop file application launcher
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- SSH launcher mode
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- File browser
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- Combi mode, allowing several modes to be merged into one list
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- History-based ordering — last 25 choices are ordered on top based on use
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(optional)
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- Levenshtein distance or fzf like sorting of matches (optional)
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- Drop-in dmenu replacement
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- Many added improvements
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- Easily extensible using scripts and plugins
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- Advanced Theming
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## Modes
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**Rofi** has several built-in modes implementing common use cases and can be
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extended by scripts (either called from
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**Rofi** or calling **Rofi**) or plugins.
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Below is a list of the different modes:
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- **run**: launch applications from $PATH, with option to launch in terminal.
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- **drun**: launch applications based on desktop files. It tries to be
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compliant to the XDG standard.
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- **window**: Switch between windows on an EWMH compatible window manager.
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- **ssh**: Connect to a remote host via ssh.
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- **filebrowser**: A basic file-browser for opening files.
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- **keys**: list internal keybindings.
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- **script**: Write (limited) custom mode using simple scripts.
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- **combi**: Combine multiple modes into one.
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**Rofi** is known to work on Linux and BSD.
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## Manpage
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For more up to date information, please see the manpages. The other sections
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and links might have outdated information as they have relatively less
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maintainance than the manpages. So, if you come across any issues please
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consult manpages, [discussion](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/discussions)
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and [issue tracker](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/issues?q=) before filing
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new issue.
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- Manpages:
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- [rofi](doc/rofi.1.markdown)
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- [rofi-theme](doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown)
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- [rofi-debugging](doc/rofi-debugging.5.markdown)
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- [rofi-script](doc/rofi-script.5.markdown)
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- [rofi-theme-selector](doc/rofi-theme-selector.1.markdown)
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- [rofi-keys](doc/rofi-keys.5.markdown)
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- [rofi-dmenu](doc/rofi-dmenu.5.markdown)
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## Installation
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Please see the [installation
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guide](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/next/INSTALL.md) for
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instructions on how to install **Rofi**.
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## Quickstart
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### Usage
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> **This section just gives a brief overview of the various options. To get the
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> full set of options see the [manpages](#manpage) section above**
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#### Running rofi
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To launch **rofi** directly in a certain mode, specify a mode with `rofi -show <mode>`.
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To show the `run` dialog:
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```bash
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rofi -show run
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```
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Or get the options from a script:
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```bash
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~/my_script.sh | rofi -dmenu
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```
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Specify an ordered, comma-separated list of modes to enable. Enabled modes can
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be changed at runtime. Default key is `Ctrl+Tab`. If no modes are specified,
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all configured modes will be enabled. To only show the `run` and `ssh`
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launcher:
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```bash
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rofi -modes "run,ssh" -show run
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```
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The modes to combine in combi mode.
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For syntax to `-combi-modes `, see `-modes`.
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To get one merge view, of `window`,`run`, and `ssh`:
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```bash
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rofi -show combi -combi-modes "window,run,ssh" -modes combi
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```
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### Configuration
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Generate a default configuration file
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```bash
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mkdir -p ~/.config/rofi
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rofi -dump-config > ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi
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```
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This creates a file called `config.rasi` in the `~/.config/rofi/` folder. You
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can modify this file to set configuration settings and modify themes.
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`config.rasi` is the file rofi looks to by default.
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Please see the [configuration
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guide](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/next/CONFIG.md) for a summary of
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configuration options. More detailed options are provided in the manpages.
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### Themes
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Please see the [themes
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manpages](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/next/doc/rofi-theme.5.markdown)
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for a detailed description.
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The latest bundled themes can be found
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[here](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/tree/next/themes).
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## Screenshots
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Rezlooks:
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Arthur:
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Default theme:
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## Wiki
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| ❗ **The Wiki is currently unmaintained and might contain outdated data ** |
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[Go to wiki](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki) .
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### Contents
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- [User scripts](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/User-scripts)
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- [Examples](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki#examples)
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- [dmenu Specs](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/dmenu_specs)
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- [mode Specs](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/mode-Specs)
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- [F.A.Q.](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions).
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- [Script mode](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/rfc-script-mode)
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- [Creating an issue](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/blob/master/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
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- [Creating a Pull request](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/wiki/Creating-a-pull-request)
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## Discussion places
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The [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/discussions) is the
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preferred location for discussions.
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- [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/discussions)
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- IRC (#rofi on irc.libera.chat)
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### Stargazers over time
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[](https://starchart.cc/davatorium/rofi)
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